Community Suggestion: Add the capacity for more eras when implementing Chronos
Add the capacity for more eras when implementing Chronos
Feature Upgrade · Calendars · Created by Dubius
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Calendar era eras chronos timeline upgrade
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
In the current date/time system, there is only the option for 2 eras, such as BC and AD. Given the crazy number of worlds and their hugely varying mechanicsnot to mention the beliefs of their peoples, it is entirely reasonable to expect that some peoples might measure their time in any number of eras. For example, a civilization might have a cycle of ages rather than just years. You might have "Year 321, Age of the Chicken," or some such, followed by "Year 1, Age of the Hound." I understand that Project Chronos is still in progress, but I find it unlikely that Chronos is currently intended to remedy this particular issue, given our typical fixation on the BC/AD template.How does this feature request address the current situation?
Adding the capacity to add an arbitrary number of ages with their own names and abbreviations at some point during Project Chronos would be the direct solution to the issue, and from a coding perspective I can't imagine that it would be much more difficult that having two eras, although it's true that an end-year field would have to be added to all but the most recent era. I don't expect this feature to be implemented before Chronos is completed, but I would very much like to see included.What are other uses for this feature request?
There are none. It is simply allowing the addition of more fields in a feature which already supports two.The Team's Response
The original posted found out that there is the capability of creating multiple eras online (see Discussion link). This is already a feature of World Anvil. Please take the time to explore Eras under TImelines <3
Current score
50/300 Votes · +8680 points
Votes Cast
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+100
by A Cute Orc
on 2021-12-01 00:44 -
+100
by DMGraham
on 2021-11-30 21:35 -
-300
by A Glamorous Kobold
on 2021-11-30 08:23The Eras you are referring to are the World Overrides, not the Eras that you can create in Timelines. You can have as many eras as you want in Timelines.
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+300
by InCeruleanInk
on 2021-11-29 20:46 -
+300
by arollinson
on 2021-11-29 19:13 -
+300
by brandonmabry
on 2021-11-29 12:34 -
+300
by The_Lizard_King
on 2021-11-29 00:55 -
-10
by Hanhula
on 2021-11-28 23:09Xuroth's mentioned this is planned already, hasn't he? See: https://i.imgur.com/ZkXepVv.png
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+300
by [email protected]
on 2021-11-28 14:23 -
+300
by Beric
on 2021-11-28 11:02 -
+300
by clonetone
on 2021-11-28 06:52 -
+300
by SirFibbles
on 2021-11-27 19:40 -
+300
by Eve Beyond
on 2021-11-26 13:07 -
+200
by r7anz
on 2021-11-25 03:02 -
+100
by crisisofvirtue
on 2021-11-24 00:23 -
+200
by storyauthor
on 2021-11-22 05:09 -
+200
by Turagon36
on 2021-11-22 04:36 -
+300
by DragonKnightAdam
on 2021-11-19 19:49 -
+200
by Tiberius Fursten
on 2021-11-19 16:32 -
+300
by couch_
on 2021-11-19 10:59 -
+20
by Lucifer__oO
on 2021-11-19 04:10 -
+100
by DerWächter
on 2021-11-19 01:31 -
+100
by Anselicos
on 2021-11-19 01:10 -
+50
by ebolson
on 2021-11-18 23:30My current world timeline was divided into 1st, 2nd, and 3rd kingdom so being able to set up the timeline as such would be great.
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+100
by AlexHarlequin
on 2021-11-17 16:39 -
+300
by Sara42
on 2021-11-16 14:07 -
+10
by Ratha
on 2021-11-16 06:58 -
-300
by AysonOhbata
on 2021-11-16 00:51 -
+100
by M. A. E. Krawczyk
on 2021-11-15 15:21 -
+300
by MatGun86
on 2021-11-15 08:27 -
+200
by Bjuzz
on 2021-11-14 23:46 -
+10
by Adcheryl
on 2021-11-14 18:32 -
+300
by NMan7496
on 2021-11-14 03:40 -
+100
by GMSeth
on 2021-11-14 03:08 -
+20
by PrincessESH
on 2021-11-13 03:05 -
+200
by Yuna_Nightshade
on 2021-11-12 20:59 -
+200
by gildedgems
on 2021-11-12 19:25 -
-20
by A Goodhearted Elf
on 2021-11-12 12:30Maybe I just haven't used calendars and timelines enough, but we can already use multiple eras in a timeline, can't we? Why would this not carry over to Chronos?
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+300
by JohanWq
on 2021-11-12 12:08 -
+300
by DMFW
on 2021-11-12 10:38 -
+300
by SeeleyOne
on 2021-11-12 05:32This would be very helpful as it lets you tailor it to the setting.
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+300
by Dalf32
on 2021-11-12 05:28 -
+300
by Caladrius
on 2021-11-12 03:38 -
+300
by A Cute Kitten
on 2021-11-12 03:09 -
+300
by Eloritia
on 2021-11-12 02:06 -
+300
by AuraGuard
on 2021-11-11 15:58One of my worlds does not use our modern-day standard era break (AD/BC) method. Instead, it creates its eras based on the world-wide wars that occur - it is a very war-torn world, and so rather than BC/AD, you have things like Sorrows Year 4, and Spellflow Year 20, and Mage Year 1,000. This would allow me to maybe actually make use of the timeline system properly for Alluani.
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+300
by Ilyena_Sylph
on 2021-11-11 13:19 -
+50
by FictionFan1995
on 2021-11-11 12:30 -
+50
by Tijmuhn
on 2021-11-11 10:21 -
-300
by OlDooki
on 2021-11-11 06:17 -
+300
by Dubius
on 2021-11-11 02:17
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